Preparing Your House To Sell

Whether you list with a Real Estate Agent or sell on your own, you can ensure a quick sale by proactively preparing your house to be a highly marketable and attractive commodity.

Paradigm Shift

Don't wait for the sold sign to go on your lawn before you begin packing. Storing away items that are used infrequently, has multiple benefits: It's a head start for you when you do have the house sold; It removes the clutter that might impact negatively on prospective buyers; and It creates a more spacious atmosphere making rooms appear larger.

Be the Buyer

To determine what improvements should be tackled first, view your house as though you were the buyer. If you have a difficult time with objectivity, ask a friend, neighbour or relative to help.

Exterior View

Begin with driving by or walking down your street. Does your house stand out as less attractive than those around it? Does your landscaping match up? If not....Read More

Top ten reasons why staging is important to selling your property!

1. The longer your house sits on the market, the less it sells for.

2. Staging your house costs less than the price of an ad and it is much more effective.

3. Today’s homebuyer is educated and very pressed for time.

4. Home Staging will create the positive and outstanding first impression you need to sell your house faster and move on with your life.

5. Buyers form an opinion about your house within 5 seconds of seeing it!

6. Staging sets the scene for buyers to mentally move in right away.

7. Your home is directly competing against every other house that is on the market! Staged houses look better than unstaged houses. Your house is presented in the best possible light and is ready to be sold.

8. Sellers have more confidence showing a staged property to buyers.

9. Staged Houses sell faster and for more money in most markets, usually within 13 days or less!

10. Real Estate Appraisers are more likely to appraise Staged Houses at full value.